Mike Khader is proposing a “Plastic-Free Yonkers and part of his plan would require restaurants and stores in the city to provide alternatives to plastic straws, while still allowing customers with a valid reason to request one.

Khader says single-use plastics, like straws, are one of the biggest polluters of the environment and contributors to climate change.

Khader says the legislation will help the city make lasting, sustainable changes, without affecting residents’ quality of life or being overly burdensome to businesses.

He says the law will complement next year’s state-wide plastic bag ban passed earlier this year by lawmakers in Albany.